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Single Celled Organism Dies

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
5 years 4 months 1 week ago

YouTube description:

This is a single-celled organism in the genus Blepharisma and it is dying. I don't find them in my samples often, they usually have pinkish color and they are photophobic it means when the light levels are increased they will try to swim to the darkened areas. If they are exposed to light or starved, they will lose their pinkish color and will look like this one in the video, also strong light can even kill the colored ones. I don't know why this one died but how it dissolves to nothingness just broke my heart. Big or small, life is fragile.

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Seriously, the psychological effect of watching it die surprised me.

Intellectually seems ridiculous to me, but I can't help that I really felt sad watching it happen.

wow.

Seemed like a quick death. We should all be as lucky.

*snuff film?

Looked like a cell wall issue. First it became permeable, then it dissolved completely.
That said, this is the way I've always said I wanted to go....
horribly.

BSR

Your sensitivity is leaking.

Seriously, the psychological effect of watching it die surprised me.

Intellectually seems ridiculous to me, but I can't help that I really felt sad watching it happen.

wow.

jokingly says...

Too soon.

BSR

Your sensitivity is leaking.

BSR

Now you sound like my brother.

Too soon.

Lines are blurry again. I thought I was clear on snuff, yet here we are.

*snuff film?

At first I thought you meant the line of the cell wall of the organism was blurry.

Lines are blurry again. I thought I was clear on snuff, yet here we are.

KrazyKat42 says...

Made me sad too.

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